Legal Opinion
High Tech Gays v. Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 2, 1990No. 87-2987PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs-appellees challenge whether the Department of Defense’s (DoD) policy of subjecting all homosexual applicants for Secret and Top Secret clearances to expanded investigations and mandatory adjudications, and whether the alleged DoD policy and practice of refusing to grant security clearances to known or suspected gay applicants, violates the equal protection component of the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause and the rights of free association guaranteed by the First Amendment. x
In analyzing the equal protection challenge, the district court concluded…
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